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BYTES PER ELEMENT

Summary

The size in bytes of each element in the array.

Syntax

var arraySize = int8Array.BYTES_PER_ELEMENT;

Examples

The following example shows how to get the size of the array elements.

var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
     req.open('GET', "http://www.example.com");
     req.responseType = "arraybuffer";
     req.send();

     req.onreadystatechange = function () {
         if (req.readyState === 4) {
             var buffer = req.response;
             var dataView = new DataView(buffer);
             var floatArr = new Float64Array(buffer.byteLength / 8);
             alert(floatArr.BYTES_PER_ELEMENT);
         }
     }

Attributions

  • Microsoft Developer Network: Article